The Awakening Of Mary Fenwick A Novel PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... me, Cicely, was he much with Rosie while you were at Burton? No. I wonder he does not marry, said Mary, thoughtfully--was she going to turn advocate for matrimony with her experiences? He really is a nice man. Silence. Do you like him, Cicely? Silence, and then a slow Y-e-s, drawn reluctantly from two proud lips. I recollect that Godfray once 'told me something about his history; I was not much interested at the time, for it was before I married, so I had never seen him, or heard of him, except as Godfray's friend. Mary paused, her needle slipped from her fingers and fell unheeded upon the carpet; her thoughts fled back to the past. Cicely's hands wandered, heedless and heavy, across Flip's patient back as she waited, fretting and impatient, for the next word. They were playing, those two, at an old-world game. Vtrrth eyes blindfold, they wounded one another, My kinclnesses would prick thee, my good reverts to ill. Mary feared that she might be boring Cicely, but remembrance was sweet to her, and she continued--Oh yes, he has a history, though, to see him, I am sure one would never suspect it. Years ago he was very, very fond of somebody----they were engaged, I think; at any rate, I know she behaved badly and married some man with a quantity of money, instead of him. I remember, with a soft, indulgent smile, that Godfray said 'she chucked him, ' for I did not understand, I had to ask him what he meant. 'She chucked him'--slang is very expressive, isn't it, Cis? 'She chucked him, and he cut up very rough, poor chap, ' that is exactly what Godfray...